title: [Voice breaking in young singers].
abstract: The adolescent's phonatory apparatus undergoes profound modifications during the period of voice breaking: lowering and growth of the larynx, change of vocal type. Voice-breaking occurs in two phases with the singing voice being modified essentially during the second phase, with a time lapse in relation to the speaking voice. Although stopping singing appears to be a reasonable attitude, it can not always be obtained, and therefore, the young singer can be helped through this period of change by developing a vocal technique adapted to this period.
authors.affiliation: Phoniatre, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: de la Bretèque
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007830:Larynx / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D009146:Music; D011627:Puberty / Q000502:physiology; D014831:Voice / Q000502:physiology
vernacular_title: La mue vocale des jeunes chanteurs.